Services

James Tolan has an extensive trial background in complex class actions involving securities and RICO claims and in representing professionals in malpractice actions. He has also represented corporations, partnerships and individuals in investigations by government entities.

James Tolan has an extensive trial background in complex class actions involving securities and RICO claims and in representing professionals in malpractice actions. He has also represented corporations, partnerships and individuals in investigations by government entities.… Continue Reading

Education

Fordham University School of Law, LL.B., 1962, Case notes editor of the Fordham University Law Review

Fordham University, B.S., 1959, Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi

Admissions

New York

Supreme Court of the United States

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

United States Tax Court

Memberships

Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Division, First Department, Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction (1971-74)

Committee on Federal Courts (1979-82; 1993-96)

Former president of the Fordham Law Alumni Association (1986 -1990) and has been a director since 1969